We are having a...

Today we found out the gender of our baby. My appointment wasn’t until 3:15, so it was a long morning of waiting. Jeremy has said all along that this baby is a boy. His family is made up of mostly boys, and he keeps telling me it’s just genetics. I on the other hand, had convinced myself this baby was a girl. My reasoning for that is because the Bible says God won’t give you more than you can handle, and I’m not sure I can handle a little boy. They tend to wrestle, throw things, jump off of things, and get hurt a lot more than little girls. Anyway, 3:15 arrives and we go back for my ultrasound. Now I’m thinking that I’m not going to be able to tell what anything is on the ultra sound that it’s just going to look like little black and white blobs on the screen. Technology is amazing. I can see my tiny little baby on the screen. I can see its head, arms, legs, and can even count five little fingers on each hand. Everything is perfect. Amazing! After watching the ultra sound I have my suspensions as to what this baby is. Well, the lady asks if we want to know the sex of the baby. YES, please! It’s a BOY!

Merry Christmas

I am finally beginning to feel better and, I think I might just live through this pregnancy after all. I’m starting to get over this illness, I’m wearing my contacts again, and I believe my morning sickness has gone away. Thank you Jesus! My sweet husband put up and decorated the Christmas tree for me and bought all of our Christmas gifts. We spent Christmas Eve Lunch at my Grandmother’s house, Christmas Eve with Jeremy’s family, and Christmas Day at my parents.

Canaan and his new Ping Pong/Air Hockey Table

Hadlee with her new Kitchen Set



My Mother

I would just like to take a second to stop and thank the Lord for giving me such a wonderful Mother. She has taken such good care of me these 3 weeks that I’ve been so sick I couldn’t even get out of the bed. I truly don’t know what I would do without her. She is a blessing and a role model and I am so very proud to have her as my Mother.

Sick As A Dog

I have never been so sick in my entire life. What started out as a little sinus infections, turned into 3 weeks of pure torture. Let me do the math for you SINUS/EAR INFECTION w/cough + MORNING SICKNESS w/sensitive gag reflex = THROWING UP MANY TIMES A DAY. Both of my ears are so stopped up that I can’t even hear my phone ring when it’s right next to me on the bed. I feel like I’m going to die.

Weeks 8 - 14

Still no relief from this morning sickness. I’ve tried everything and nothing is working! And on top of all, I have to wear my glasses because I have an ulcer on my eye. I don’t think I’m going to make it.

No more Orange Drinks for me

My normal OB is out on maternity leave, so I’m seeing another doctor in the same practice that I really don’t care for. This is only temporary until my doctor comes back in November. Anyway, this other doctor thinks my sugar level looks a little high, judging from the blood test or urine test or some kind of test. She wants me to go ahead and do the glucose test. For those of you who don’t know this is a test to determine if you have gestational diabetes. They make you drink this sweet orange drink in 5 minutes and then they take your blood. I don’t drink a lot, so for me drinking this much liquid in 5 minutes is a challenge. Well, I get it down; take the test and a couple of days later they call me back to tell me I didn’t pass. They want me to come back and take the second test. For the second test you cannot eat anything the morning before you go in. You have to take a blood test, down the orange drink in 5 minutes, wait an hour, have your blood taken and repeat two more times. Now, I am nauseous 24/7 so I’m thinking this is a really bad idea. I get to the doctor, take the blood test and drink my orange drink and go back out to the waiting room to wait for an hour. Five minutes later, I tell my Mom to ask the nurses if there’s any place I can lie down. Ten minutes later up comes ALL of the orange drink! YUCK!

Wicked

For our second anniversary, I thought it would be fun to go see the play Wicked. I wasn’t sure Jeremy was going to go for the idea, but he did. He’s the best. Apart from the man sitting next to Jeremy, singing all of the songs along with the performers, the play was very good and we both really enjoyed it.

Morning Sickness

Morning sickness STINKS!  It’s week 7 and the morning sickness has started.  Only in my case it should be called ‘All Day Sickness’ because if I’m awake I feel sick.

We are expecting!

I have never been one of those women who felt a strong desire to have a baby. I always thought as I got older the day would come where my biological clock would start ticking and I would say ‘Okay, I’m ready.’ I had now made it past my 32nd birthday and still heard no ticking. My husband, on the other hand, has a very loud ticker on his clock. He has been wanting babies (yes, that’s plural) since the day we got married. I had managed to hold him off for a year and a half now, but my time was running out. So, in June we both decided it was time to start a family. Well, 4 months later and I find myself pregnant. I wish I had a better story to tell about how I told Jeremy. I had an inkling I was pregnant about 2 weeks before I actually took the test. I didn’t tell him I was going to take a test because I wanted to surprise him but when that little pink line started to show up on the test, I started to panic. I’m thinking what have I gotten myself into. I was actually shaking a little bit when I went to tell him. All I could do was show him the test and say ‘I guess you’re happy now.’ Needless to say, he was very happy. A week and a half later we are at the doctor and sure enough, there is definitely a baby on the way!